Light-ray interceptor



Dec. 26, 1922. 1,439,782

A. C. WOGD` LIGHT RAY INTERCETER. FILED oec. l5. 1920Y gg, Wwf/@1% 5.1 Rune/9 wenn@ rifa@ ARTHUR CHARLES WOGD, 0F MANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSG-NOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO THE MANSFILD LAMP AND MANUFACTUBING'CO/IPANY.

Lieren-ner riifrnncnr'ron.

Appucaeionaiea :December is, iaeof serial 10.430,940.

all w 71, om it may concern y Be it known that l, RTHUR Ci-L-iniins Woon, a citizen of the United States or America, residing at iliansfield, inthe county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Light-Ray lnterceptors, off which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in Y n vtion on the road, in front of the car for the "benefit of the driver'of the car equipped with the invention and without kdetriment to a light ray interceptor iorlamps.

lt is well lknown yto drivers of motor-.cars f i or ythe like that unless'lthe driver of an ony coming cai' dims or 4changes the direction of the projectionfofthe rays of light emitted. from the lampsof his car so as'to prevent the rays of light or `glare .thereof from being directed into i anfapproaching car, thatthe vision Aoil kthe driver ,of the approaching car 'will behlinded A`maling it diiiicult not impossible for the driver to locate the position on the road of the oncomingcar so as ito controlthe course 'of ytravel of'his car, vto .prevent yacollisionv of the cars and probable injury to the cars y and occupants. l

` The primary object rof the present inven-I,

tion is 'to provide means of shading a predetermined portion of a lightsource so as to intercept or' interrupt the reflected or yprojected rays `lof light emitted from apor` tion of a reflector that is associated therewith, without affecting .the illuminatioinin- 'terfering with the reflected rays of light,yor

changing the direction of their projectionl from the portion of the reflector that is 'not "'shaded. A further object is to construct a mechanism vfor manually operating a shade which is associa-ted with a light source ,and arelflector of a lamp for intercepting or shading the rays of light `*and to prevent the reflection of the rays of light from a pre-determined portion `of the reflector, and means for automatically returning the shade to` its 'normal position. i The ,'referable construction, combination and arrangement of the parts of the mechanism to carry out the principle of ythe invention areshown in 'the drawings and consists means operable at the will of the driver, for shading a pre-determined portion of the light sourcewhen approaching an oncoming car v(}pr eferably the lower portion and sides These and .the eyesof the driver of' 'of rig. 1.

of associating a shade, a light source anda ings).. reflector in vsuch a manner as to provide K vvvention asemicircular slot 7 1s V'formed 1n j thereof)y yto prevent they light source from I causing rays of lightto be reflected from the the reflector causing the refiected rays of light lto shoot downward in full illuminaor affecting the vision ofthe driver of an' oncoming car. 'f e y f other objectsk are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying 'drawingfin Whichy K Fig'. l, is aside elevation of a conventionaly typeof lamp with the casing partly broken away to `show the applications of the invention thereto. y y 1 y Fig. 2, is a front elevationof Fig. 1, showa rotatable crank` shaft withy rcranks ,mounted thereon for operating the shade.

r Fig. 3,`is asectionalviewonthe line 3-3 The invention-is preferably applied to a parabolic type k*of lamp provided with similar form ofrefiector but itl can, however,

be yapplied to other forms of lamps andre-N "flectors without deviating from 'the prinlaring )member '2 beaded, or lotherwise yfastened .to the enlarged open end portion of the casingy in any conventional manner. '1 A reflector .3 preferably of the parabolic type or form is fastened to the casing any well.` known fastening means: lighty source preferably anelectric lightv globe 4y 's held fat-the center of the reector through the medium of the globe holdery 5, which is .telescopically fitted within. the rearwardly extending neck portion 6 of thereiector. vin electric current is transmitted toy the surk globe'from anyl source of supply in a conventional nifanner (not shown on thev draw- Inv the preferable application of the inshown Figure "2. y i n The sides 8 and 9 or" the slot 7 formed. in

the reflector preferably extend upwardly on each side of the globe L1 to a point that is approximaielvv in alignment with the longitudinal axis of the globet ,A rearwardly extendingsliding circular bracket is rastened to the reflector byrvets 11 "or the like and is so arranged andlocated thereon as to bring` its inner surface in alignment with the lower wall of the slot 7.

il sha-de 12vis slidably mounted upon the supporting' bracket 10 with' its iront end normally held in a position to enter or eX- tend into the slot 7 formed in the reflector. rlhe sliding shade is provided with `a slot 13 which aligns with a similar, but elonated slot le provided in the rearwardly rn ending` supporting bracket 10.

The ends or the supporting bracket 15 y16 are turned inwardly to extend over and enclose theftop or the sides of the sliding is attached to the shade 12 :for the purpose of guiding and maintaining the shade 12. 1n a sliding contact with inner surface ot the bracket 10.'

An auxiliary bracket 17 is spaced kapart located beneath the bracket 10,and.

from,

Vrei .the.lile. l, An arm constructed of two parts 19 and 2()4 which are telescopically litted together is provided, having vthe `lower part 1 9 `pivotally mounted upon the brackety 17 onka pin 21. Theupper part 2O or the arm" is provided with an eye 22 which i extendsy through theslot 13 formed in thev .sliding shade 12 and a pin 23 is inserted in the eye 22 of the part 20 and is lfastened to the upper surface oit' the sliding shade by spot welding, solder or the likefthereby, connecting ,thetelescopic arm-'to the slidingl shade 12in impart movement to the sliding shade when the telescopic` arm is pivoted for the purpose intended. An eX- pansible spring 24 isconnected to one end or an ear 25 provided on the casing and its opear ormedon the member 19 of the telescopic arm yieldingly,

holding and maintaining the telescopic arm in nornial position as shown in Fig. 1.

Guiding "sheave pulleysl 26 and 27 are rotatably mounted on the bracketl as shown in Fig 1. A cable or the like 28 is attached at oneend to anv ear 29 provided on the member 19 of the telescopic'arm and isadapted to travel underneath the guide pulley '26 and' pulley V27.`

over the sheave over. the top or'.` the rguide `llhe end of the cable extending pulley 27 is attached taut to the free end of a crank is mounted -upon and rigidly seand adjacent cured to varotatable shaft 31 Ywhich `shaft is. journaled inv bifurcated brackets-32` provided onlthe lamps.,` A `lever arm 33 is mounted upon and rigidly secured to they a pin' 34. One'end rotatable shaft 31 `by .called to the iectorghy rivets 18 or illinnination` insegna or alinlr a; is pivotally attached to the i'ree end or the lever erin .hy the pin 36. Thek tree end or the link 3.3extends rearwardly to a point convenient for the driver the car to opera-te. v

lt will of ronrse be understood that the invention is applied to a pair of lamps which are attached to the liront end of the motor car or the lilre. Roth lamps and the invention which is app led thereto vare the same or substantially identical in construction and operation. flttentirm however, is

l i that the rotatable shaft 31, lever arm 3. and linlr .3:1 operate the mechanism comprising the invention in both lamps sin'iultaneously.

The operation of the invention for the pur pose intended in brief is as follower' When the driver of a car equipped with this invention approaches an oncoming car, the

driver exerts a pull upon thelink bar 35 forcing the crank 30 to assumethe dotted lineposition shown in Fig. l., and the telescopic arm is forced t0 pivot through the medium ofthe connectingcable 28 sliding and projecting 'the' shade `12 through the slot 7 to the dotted line position as shown in Fig. 1,;thereby` intercepting'the lrays oE light from the light source and the shooting rays of light refiected from the lower portionof the reiiectorandthe sides thereof,

upto the point where the sides of the shade -extend on each` side of the light source or tor continually shoot downward in i'r'uil illumination on the road bed in an angular relation to the plane oi' the car. When the oncoming car has passed rthe. approaching car the link 35 is released and the spring 24 automatically exerts its tension to return the telescopic arm and shade to their normal positions as shown in Fig. 1. Attention is called to the factthat advantage is taken in the use or the invention as herein described or the iullgand complete retlection` and glare of the upper portion or the reflector .on the roadl when the driver of an approaching car .is

.passing an oncoming car, while at the same time the/rays oi light ree'cted from :the lower portion or the reflectorare intercepted' and prevented from blindingr the vision of the driver or the oncoming car.

Claims: Q 1.131 a. light ray` projector, a, casing, a, reflector provided with an opening, a

bracket, a light interceptor slidably mount-v ed on said bracket, said bracket and sliding member being provided with alined slots, a second bracket.y attached to the reflector in spaced relation to the rst mentioned bracket, pivoted means mounted on the last mentioned bracket to move the sliding member to intercept the light ragY beneath the horizontal axial line of the bulb, at the Will of the operator.

2. In a light ray projector, a reflector, a light sou-ree secured thereto, a movable light ray interceptor associated with the light source, means secured to the reflector to slidably support the light ray interceptor, a bracket, a telescopic member pivoted to the bracket and connected to the slidable lgh ray interceptor to actuate same. y

3. In a light ray projector, a reflector, a light source securedthereto, a movable light ray interceptor, means secured to the reflector to slidably support the light ray interceptor,

ya bracket, a telescopic member pivoted to the bracket, and connected to the slidable light rag' interceptor and means te impart a pivotal movement to the telescopic member.

el. The combination with a reflector lamp of a light source secured thereto. the reflector also being provided with. a slot, means tor slidably mounting a member which is adapted to be projectedk through said slot ARTHUR CHARLES Woon. 

